Mickey Rooney — Encino home
b. September 23, 1920, Brooklyn, New York, New York
d. April 6, 2014, North Hollywood, California (natural causes)

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James Cagney — Hollywood home
b. July 17, 1899, Manhattan, New York, New York
d. March 30, 1986, Stanford, New York (heart attack)

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James McAvoy: “Fame serves me at times, and it hurts me at times. It’s just part of the job”

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Michel Blanc: “Very often, I like to play characters that touch me one way or the other”

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Kad Merad: “If someone asks me to be moved, I think about the situation or the emotion”

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Elliott Gould: “I believe that there’s nothing of value other than what we have to share”

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